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The New Zealand national cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 30 October 2012 to 29 November 2012. The tour consisted of two Test matches, five One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International matches. Sri Lanka Cricket moved the second and third ODIs against New Zealand from the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo to the Pallekele Cricket Stadium, because the Premadasa was flooded after three weeks of monsoon rain.[1]
| New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2012–13 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 30 October 2012 – 29 November 2012 | ||
| Captains | Mahela Jayawardene | Ross Taylor | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Angelo Mathews (210) | Ross Taylor (243) | |
| Most wickets | Rangana Herath (20) | Tim Southee (12) | |
| Player of the series | Rangana Herath (Sri) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Tillakaratne Dilshan (139) | BJ Watling (166) | |
| Most wickets | Jeevan Mendis (5) | Tim Southee (5) | |
| Player of the series | BJ Watling (NZ) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 1-match series drawn 0–0 | ||
Squads edit
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Venues edit
All matches were played at the following four grounds:
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| Pallekele Cricket Stadium | R. Premadasa Stadium | Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium |
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| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
| Colombo | ||
| P Sara Oval | ||
| Capacity: 15,000 | ||
| Galle | ||
| Galle International Stadium | ||
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| Capacity: 35,000 | ||
Twenty20 Series edit
Only T20I edit
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
- The match was abandoned due to heavy rain.
ODI series edit
1st ODI edit
2nd ODI edit
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd ODI edit
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
4th ODI edit
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
5th ODI edit
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain interrupted play after 28.3 overs of the Sri Lankan innings and no further play was possible.
- Akila Dananjaya (SL) made his ODI debut.
Test series edit
1st Test edit
17–21 November
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dimuth Karunaratne (SL) made his Test debut.
2nd Test edit
25–29 November
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Todd Astle (NZ) made his Test debut.